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British High Commissioner to India James David Bevan on Wednesday visited Lucknow and Rae Bareli and met candidates to know closely about the general election process in the country.
According to official sources, Bevan, who reached Lucknow in the morning, visited several polling centres. He later visited the Election Commission office...

British High Commissioner to India James Bevan on Thursday visited polling stations in Patna and neighbouring areas to witness the election process.
"The British High Commissioner visited many polling stations in Patna Sahib and Patliputra Parliamentary seats which witnessed voting today," Mainak De, Eastern India head of Political Press and Public...

The cycle scheme to boost educationamong girls in Bihar on Tuesday drew praise from British HighCommissioner to India, James Bevan.Bevan during an hour long meeting with Chief MinisterNitish Kumar in Patna on Tuesday evening said initiative to linkeducation with growth in Bihar was a matter of discussion.
Generating self confidence among...

The exact number of British nationals who went missing during the midJune flashfloods in Uttarakhand "may never be known", country's High Commissioner to India Sir James Bevan said on Wednesday.
"We don't know how many British nationals were in Uttarakhand at the time of the tragedy. So we would never know...

A British national arrested in Nairobi is "not of significant interest" to the investigation into the mall siege that killed at least 72 people, Britain's top diplomat in Kenya said on Wednesday.
The Foreign Office in London confirmed the comment by British High Commissioner Christian Turner, which had appeared on media...

"Being born in India in the 21st century is like winning lottery of history." This is how British High Commissioner James Bevan explained the immense potential for growth in diverse sectors in India as well as its growing stature in the world today.
Delivering a talk at the Jamia Millia Islamia...

Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal on Sunday night said the attack on an elderly Sikh by a British teenage girl had hurt feelings of the community and asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to immediately take up the matter with the UK government.
The Union government should summon the British High...

Britain on Monday ended its decadelong boycott of Gujarat when its High Commissioner to India James Bevan met Chief Minister Narendra Modi to mark a 'cordial beginning' to fresh ties, with the two discussing opportunities for greater economic cooperation.
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New Delhi: After meeting Narendra Modi, British High Commissioner to India, James Bevan, on Monday said that the talks with the Gujarat Chief Minister were not an endorsement of any person, but an engagement with the state. The UK High Commissioner clarified that engagement with Gujarat is in Britain's trade...

New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met British High Commissioner to India, James Bevan in Ahmedabad. Experts opine that the meeting could be the start of the rehabilitation of the controversial Gujarat politician's image in the West. Diplomatic ties between the UK and Gujarat were strained after...

New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will meet the British High Commissioner to India, James Bevan in Ahmedabad on Monday. The meeting marks the resumption of diplomatic relations between Britian and Gujarat, which were strained after the 2002 Gujarat riots. Two weeks back, the UK had claimed that it...